Furring.



PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903. 0. T. PURDY.

FURRING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1901 INVENTOR 5 a w E 5 WITNESSES N0 MODEL w w of Fig. 1.

NITED Patented October 13, 1903.

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FURRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741A12, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed April 18, 1901. Eerial No. 56,377.

To (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORYDON T. PURDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, State of New York, haveinvented a certain'new and useful Improvement in Fnrring; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- .vices for furring out walls and attaching metallic lath thereto preparatory to coating the same with plaster over a finished surface; and it consists in the various devices and their combination, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a wall prepared with my device for receiving the plaster. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the Y-shaped staples before the ends are bent over to engage the angle-irons. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clips in connection with a sectional view of the lath and angle-iron before clenching the clip upon the angle-iron, as hereinafter described.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

In the drawings, A represents the wall for example, a brick wall.

B represents one of the staples of peculiar construction,which are adapted to be inserted into the wall, leaving their forked or Y-shaped ends projecting therefrom, the same being inserted in rows properly to receive the angle-bars G G. The angle-bars are inserted into the forks of the staples B, and the ends of the staples are then bent down over the edges of the angle-iron, as shown at h b. Upon the projecting edges of the angle-bars as they are then fixed the metal lath D is secured by means of clips E E, the clips already being so formed as to preferably have their ends bent to about a right angle, so that the bent ends project through the perforations in the lath in assembling, when they can then by appropriate tools be bent under and clenched upon the angle-irons, as shown at e e, Fig. 4.

The mode of operation is readily apparent from the foregoing description.

(No model.)

The object of my invention is to secure with a minimum amount of material and labor a speedily-assembled metallic lath and means for fixing the same to the wall, and as the details might be varied considerably I do not desire to limit myself to the exactforms shown.

It is obvious that a greater or less number of Y-shaped staples may be employed in order to support the lath and plaster, and also that a greater or less number of clips may be employed to fasten the lath to the an gle-irons, and that other details might be readily varied.

What I claim is-- 1. The combination of staples having Y- shaped form, V-shaped angle-bars adapted to engage the ends of the staples, the ends of the staples being adapted to be bent over the edges of the angle-bars to hold the same in place, substantially as described.

2. The combination of staples having a Y- shaped form, V-shaped angle-bars adapted to engage the ends of the staples, the ends of the staples being adapted to be bent over the edges of the angle-bars to hold the-same in place, and wire lath adapted to be superimposed upon the angle-bars and held thereto by clips engaging in the perforations of the lath and adapted to be bent under the edges of the angle-bars, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a device for attaching metallic lath to furring, consisting of a metal clip formed of one piece with three arms projecting from a common center, one of which is adapted to be attached to the f nrring, and the other two arms adapted to be connected to the metallic lath by being clenched thereto, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture to be employed in tuning, a metallic staple formed with a single perforating-stem, a Y-shaped head having arms longer than the width of the furring-bars, and adapted to be bent over at the outer ends and clasp the bars firmly, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CORYDON T. PURDY.

Witnesses:

L. V. SMITH, DAVID THORNTON. 

